Designers, this one’s for you.

Let’s hear it for our designers! Because of your hard work and unbelievable talent, we’ve reached $150 million in total designer payouts.

You—our outstanding design community—are the reason for this incredible milestone. (So, thanks for giving us an excuse to throw a party) As a special thank you gift to you, we’ve partnered up with our friends at Lynda.com to give you a free 30-day all-access pass to over 1,000 design courses online!

Be a master and win big

We’ve developed an exclusive 99designs master class that you can take online to expand your design techniques and stretch your skills.

You’ll start by attending several courses, each relating to a particular design theme. Then, you’ll complete short assignments that will help you develop a final project: a poster based on the question “What does it mean to you to be a designer?”

And to sweeten the deal: the designers of our three favorite posters will each win a $350 cash prize.

Ready designers? Let’s do this.

How it works

The 99designs master class

Based on feedback from our design community, we built the 99designs master class for designers of all skill levels. We’ve carefully curated ten courses that will help you master traditional design techniques and pick up some new ones, too. The class is divided into five tracks, each focusing on a particular aspect of design.

To participate, register for your free trial at Lynda.com, select any or all of the courses from the curriculum below and submit each of the five assignments to the Forum by August 3rd.